Roberts fires USGA-record 62 at Senior Open
From AP
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Loren Roberts shot an 8-under-par 62 in the third round of the U.S. Senior Open on Saturday, breaking the record for the lowest 18-hole score in a USGA championship.
Roberts, 51, had eight birdies and no bogeys on the narrow Prairie Dunes layout, which is playing at 6,646 yards and features rough that in some places is 5 inches high. His 62 breaks the record by one stroke, which had been shared by seven players, including Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and Vijay Singh.
The course had been softened by early morning rains and the normally brisk winds were fairly calm.
A great round by Loren no doubt. I don’t really follow the Seniors tour.
AP has goofed again. Roberts broke the record a Professional in a USGA event. Christina Kim also shot a 62. It took place at the 2001 USGA Girls.
I called AP in New York, they will be doing a correction.
- Tiger Woods five PGA Tour tournament winning streak is over
- KJ Choi wins the ‘Hawaiian’ Sony Open
- Johnny Miller apologizes in NBC statement for comments on Mediate
- Phil Mickelson tied for US Open lead after three rounds
- Sexiest woman golfer
- Former NY Yankee catcher Johnny Blanchard dead at 76
- Move over Michelle Wie Part II
- Domination- Jiyai Shin wins the Women’s British Open
- It’s only a sports book?
- In Bee Park wins the US Women’s Open
- Eight is Enough- Edmonton beats Chicago 8-4
- Lydia Ko wins New South Wales Open
- The Comeback I- Pittsburgh Penguins beat NY Islanders 5-0
- Seattle Mariners Outfielder Greg Halman stabbed to death at age 24
- Hee Young Park wins CME Titleholders Championship
- Oklahoma State Women’s Basketball Coach Kurt Budke dead at 50
- Costly mistake- Blackhawks waive Rostislav Olesz
- Manager Tony La Russa announces retirement
- Puck Drop- Florida Panthers start the 2011-12 NHL season
- 13-time PGA Tour winner Dave Hill dead at 74
- The Florida Masochist
- The top golf newsmakers of 2006 linked with OTB Sports
- The International is no more linked with OTB Sports
- PoliBlog’s Deportes: A PoliBlog Sideblog linked with The International is no more